Genomics

Dataset Information

0

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Causes Dopaminergic Neuron Senescence


ABSTRACT: Here, we show that midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are selectively permissive to SARS-CoV-2 infection both in vitro and upon transplantation in vivo, and that SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers a DA neuron inflammatory and cellular senescence response. A high-throughput screen in hPSC-derived DA neurons identified several FDA approved drugs, including riluzole, metformin, and imatinib, that can rescue the cellular senescence phenotype and prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection. RNA-seq analysis of human ventral midbrain tissue from COVID-19 patients, using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded autopsy samples, confirmed the induction of an inflammatory and cellular senescence signature and identified low levels of SARS-CoV-2 transcripts. Our findings demonstrate that hPSC-derived DA neurons can serve as a disease model to study neuronal susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and to identify candidate neuroprotective drugs for COVID-19 patients. The susceptibility of hPSC-derived DA neurons to SARS-CoV-2 and the observed inflammatory and senescence transcriptional responses suggest the need for careful, long-term monitoring of neurological problems in COVID-19 patients.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE174745 | GEO | 2021/10/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

Similar Datasets

2023-12-04 | GSE248989 | GEO
2022-10-01 | GSE156761 | GEO
2020-08-11 | GSE155241 | GEO
2020-06-11 | GSE147903 | GEO
2020-08-11 | GSE147975 | GEO
2021-01-01 | GSE148697 | GEO
2020-06-12 | GSE151803 | GEO
2022-02-23 | GSE171370 | GEO
2022-02-05 | E-MTAB-10740 | biostudies-arrayexpress
2022-02-01 | E-MTAB-10129 | biostudies-arrayexpress